Philosophy  Tags: philosophy ethics  

Welcome to HGTC Library's Philosophy Resources. Here you will find books, databases, journals, scholarly website links, and research guides. If you need further assistance, you can contact the library using the email address on the right-hand side of the screen or through the "Get Help!" tab.

Click on the book's title to see if it is available for check-out in the library.

Human beings have free will.  We can believe and do one thing rather than another.  But this raises the question for us of what we should believe and do.  Are there better and worse reasons for choosing one set of beliefs and actions rather than another? What would constitute well-justified reasons for making a choice in the beliefs we hold and the actions we take?

Welcome to the discipline of philosophy, the hallmark of which is learning to think critically about the choices we make.  This site introduces a variety of sources that can begin your journey in examining your ideas about yourself and the world.  For to forsake the journey is less than human, a sacrifice of free will.  As Socrates, the father of philosophy, said:  “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Linked below are handouts that may assist you in the research process and with using some of the resources linked in this Library Guide.

Linked below are handouts that may assist you in the research process.

If you ever enroll in a class that requires you to choose your own topic for research and you cannot come up with a topic you like, the library is here to help you. Take a look at one of the books below. Click on the title for the location of the item within the library.  If you cannot make it in to the library, visit one of the sites listed on the file linked above called "Using Internet Sources to Select a Topic."

Find a book in the catalog

Find an article in the databases

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Click on the link below to access the website for the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, of which Philosophy is included.